{Paying Collegiate Football Players}

I thought that the article, "College football players deserve pay for play," by Rod Gilmore was very interesting, and it changed my views on the idea of paying collegiate players for playing. I first disagreed with paying players with money that belongs to a school program, but does make sense that football players deserve a portion of the tremendous income that is coming in from football programs, because they work really long hours, more than is even required, to prepare for games. Because of their practices, they do not have time to get jobs, which can be problematic because often their scholarships do not factor in the cost of living. This could be problematic, because if you pay football players, you will have to do the same for the rest of your athletic program, which could be very difficult. I really liked Gilmore's idea of putting some of the money earned from football programs toward trust funds for players after they graduate. I think this idea could be very useful, and help the players who do not go onto professional sports careers start their life after college.